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20 Sep 17:31

Can You Be an Atheist Extremist?

by Hemant Mehta

The video below, part of The Atheist Voice series, discusses atheist extremists (and whether that term makes any sense at all):

We’d love to hear your thoughts on the project — more videos will be posted soon — and we’d also appreciate your suggestions as to which questions we ought to tackle next!

19 Sep 15:55

Oh Hey, Guys, Mayor Nutter Solved This Whole Education Thing Last Night On Twitter

by Joey Sweeney
Here's my permanent educ funding plan $ – liquor ($22M), cigarettes ($80+M), sales tax ($70M), + the additional $155M = $327M/yr in new $ — Michael A. Nutter (@Michael_Nutter) September 19, 2013 And THEN, we need Gov Corbett/Gen Assembly to create a new educ funding formula that is "student weighted" for attendance and other factors […]
04 Sep 00:26

London to Brighton by train

by Jason Kottke

In 1953, the BBC filmed a train trip from London to Brighton. Thirty years later in 1983, they filmed it again and then again 30 years after that, in 2013. Here are all three films synced up and played side-by-side:

1000 extra bonus points to the Beeb for the Star Guitar soundtrack.

Tags: London   trains   video